Ananas aculeatus, fructu ovato, carne albida Pulmerii. (Pineapple)

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• ARTIST: Georg Dionysius Ehret

• PUBLISHER: Published by Christoph Jacob Trew, Nuremberg.

• MEDIUM: Engraving, printed in color and finished by hand.

  DATE: 1750-73.

• EDITION SIZE: Paper size 20 1/4 x 13 7/8" (51.6 x 35.1 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: This fine engraving appeared in Plantae Selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortus curiosorum. This series is considered one of the more important eighteenth-century botanical color-plate books and the pineapple is widely considered to be the best plates from the work.<br><br> Christoph Jacob Trew (1695-1769) was a German botanist, solicitor and physician with a keen interest in botany, both for use in medicine and as a study in of itself.<br><br> Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) One of the most important and influential botanical artists of the 18th century.<br><br>

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Manuscript title in lower right, "Bromelia Ananas"

• CONDITION: Very good condition and color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Georg Dionysius Ehret